The Wild Hunt (https://wildhunt.org/tag/london)
The Tate Britain Gallery in London has unveiled a new installation by the artist Anne Hardy that uses themes of the winter solstice to transform the museum into a post-apocalyptic enigma.
Reports say that there is a decline in superstitions in the UK, as the country gears up to celebrate Hallowe’en and Samhain.
In this personal essay, guest columnist Tudorbeth goes looking for Cernunnos in the streets of London.
[Note from the editors: The scheduled story on Canada’s Pagan community has been delayed until next week as the team gathers more information. This week, we resume our regular international news day with today’s story coming from our correspondent in the United Kingdom.]
LONDON — The ‘stone of London’ has been returned to its rightful place this autumn. But what’s the history behind this sooty old piece of oolitic limestone? Where has it been? And why is its return a matter of importance?
LONDON — An ancient temple to Mithras in the heart of the city of London was re-opened this month after a significant amount of renovation. The original temple was built in 240 A.D. by the Romans in order to honor the Middle Eastern god Mithras, who was popular among soldiers. It was not the only Mithraeum built in the UK; others include the Carrawburgh Mithraeum dated to the 3rd century Mithraeum,the Rudchester MIthraem on Hadrian’s Wall, and the Caernarfon Mithraeum in Wales, which was featured in the Merlin series of novels written by Mary Stewart. These temples, like the one in London, were all situated underground. In 2010, the Bloomberg company opened its new European headquarters on the very site on which the original London Mithraeum had once been.